[brlug-newbies] [CCCC-Linux] Win 98 dual boot with Xandros?

[Ed]

On 05/07/2006 07:00 pm, Ron Spruell wrote:
> I have 2 dell computers, Dimension 8100, 1.3 GHz with Windows 98SE
> installed.  I want to add a second hard drive and have a dual boot with
> Xandros 3.0.
>
> Is this easy?  I assume it is?
> Are there any special problems or steps I should take to ensure that this
> goes smoothly?
>
> I have an image backup and have a Belarc print out?
>
> Ron Spruell
>


Hi Ron, 

Depending on the hardware composition of the computer, it should be pretty 
much a walk in the park. As I am sure you are aware, not all hardware is 
completely compatible with Linux, most specifically winmodems and usually the 
latest greatest bleeding edge gadget, but if it is main stream hardware that 
has been around a reasonable time, then it should present no problem at all. 
Here are the steps: 

1. Boot up on the Xandros installatiion CD and let it do its thing. When you 
get into the installation routine, you will get to a screen that is entitled 
"Installation Selection". 
2. Select Custom Install and click Next
3. Select Complete Desktop and click Next
4. Select Manage Disks and Partitions
5. In the Disk Configuration window you will see hda, which will be your 
Windows disk drive and below it you will see hdb, which will be the second 
drive that you installed in the computer. If the second disk is formatted, it 
will show up as an existing fat32, or however it is formatted, partition. 
Just delete the partition(s) and then click on Write. 
6. After that is finished, click on the unused entry and then click on Add.
7. Under File System, select reiserfs and then enter the size of the 
partition. If you have a pretty large drive, I would suggest 5 gig or larger, 
then click OK. 
8. Click on the unused space again and click on Add. 
9. Under file system, select Linux - Swap and set it to 500 meg or twice the 
amount of installed memory, whichever is smaller, and click ok. 
10. Select the unused space again, click on Add, select reiserfs and set this 
partiton to 10 gig or the remainder of the drive, your choice, and click ok. 
11. Now click on Write to write the configuration to drives partition table. 
12. Now lets tell the installer how to use the partitions that we created, so 
click on the first partition, select Assign, notice that this partiton will 
be assigned to "/" or the Linux equivalent of "C:" in Windows, Now click on 
OK. 
13. Click on the second partition and click on Assign and click ok. This 
assigns the swap partition, the Linux equivalent of a swap file in Windows.
14, Click on the last partition and click Assign. Notice that the default 
mount point is "/home", which is essentially the Linux equivalent of "My 
Documents" in Windows. Click OK and then click Next. 

Everything else will be just point 'n' click. Once the install finished, and 
you reboot (one of the few times that you will EVER need to reboot your 
machine while running Linux), you will have a boot menu that will allow you 
to boot either Linux or Windows. If you need some more help, just give a 
shout. 

Ed  
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